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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Chocolate Cake with Buttercream Icing

A year back,if someone told me that my parents would keep a pet[that too a dog] inside our house,I would have looked at them as though they were insane.Appa had real hardcore reasons for Why NOT to keep a pet at home.Amma ran miles away at the mere mention of pets.Me,well I could very well do without one.My brothers and hubby were all for it and they tried every trick in the book to make us see sense in their ideas.

Today,we are celebrating Pluto’s first birthday.Appa gives him* his daily dose of sweet,amma sings Happy Birthday and I am baking a birthday cake for him.

What brought about so much of a change in our attitude?I guess you will know it only if you live with it.The unconditional love of a pet dog will make the most hardest of hard rocks melt.My brother brought him home less than a year back,when he was a month old.He instantly became everyone’s darling.When amma called me up and said,he would be waiting for me next time I go there,I went eeesshh.But I too was spellbound at the way the love he shared with all of us.

Today,he’s the darling of the house.We call him our brother.A dear part of all of us.The little I could do is to bake a cake for him.He loves sweets and I am sure he’ll lick my hands off if I were to serve it to him. We couldn't keep our hands off it ourselves:)

Preheat oven to 170*C.Grease and line a square cake tin.Sift together maida and baking powder.Beat the eggs well - you can either use an electric beater or a hand mixer.Add the powdered sugar and mix well to form a creamy mixture.Add the cocoa powder and sugar to it and mix.Now add the oil and milk and beat well.Add the flour little by little.Make sure there are no lumps-the batter will be quite liquidy.Pour into the greased pan and bake for 30-35 minutes or till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.Cool the cake in the tin for a while and then transfer it to a wire rack to cool completely.

By the way, there seems to be some problem with your blog. I have to refresh some 7-8 times before I can actually comment. It gives me an error message and says "Operation aborted". This happens with your blog and TBC's blog. Not with the others... Could it be this special comment box you have?

Hi Divya. Thanks for stopping by my blog and welcoming me open heartedly. My joy had not bound when i came across that somebody had left a comment for me. It ll be treasured all my life.Thanks. I have posted few cakes recipes on my blog. Plz check. I m totally new to blogworld. Looking forward to long lasting relations.Once again thanks.

Very nice to hear about Pluto.U know what , he same things happened in my family too.My Father who literally frowned on the word dog, now takes so much care of them.It all started when my brother brought home an adorable puppy who was lying on the road.She surely knew how to steal the way into our hearts.It started with one and now we have two of them.Isnt great to have pets.